A Worn Path
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"A Worn Path" is a widely anthologized short story by Eudora Welty that follows an elderly Black woman’s determined journey through the rural South, exploring themes of perseverance, racism, and selfless love.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Worn Path canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13618518 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Worn Path Context triple: [A Curtain of Green and Other Stories, containsWork, A Worn Path]
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A.
The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter
The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter is a Pulitzer Prize–winning volume that gathers the acclaimed American writer’s short fiction, showcasing her precise prose and psychological insight.
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The Third Life of Grange Copeland
The Third Life of Grange Copeland is Alice Walker’s debut novel, a powerful exploration of racism, poverty, and generational trauma within an African American family in the rural American South.
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C.
Look Homeward, Angel
Look Homeward, Angel is Thomas Wolfe’s acclaimed 1929 coming-of-age novel that follows the turbulent youth of Eugene Gant in a fictionalized North Carolina town.
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D.
Love Medicine
Love Medicine is a critically acclaimed novel by Louise Erdrich that interweaves the lives of several Ojibwe families on a North Dakota reservation, often cited as a landmark work of the Native American Renaissance.
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E.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter is a 1940 novel by Carson McCullers that portrays the emotional isolation and inner lives of misfit characters in a small Depression-era Southern town.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Worn Path Target entity description: "A Worn Path" is a widely anthologized short story by Eudora Welty that follows an elderly Black woman’s determined journey through the rural South, exploring themes of perseverance, racism, and selfless love.
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A.
The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter
The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter is a Pulitzer Prize–winning volume that gathers the acclaimed American writer’s short fiction, showcasing her precise prose and psychological insight.
-
B.
The Third Life of Grange Copeland
The Third Life of Grange Copeland is Alice Walker’s debut novel, a powerful exploration of racism, poverty, and generational trauma within an African American family in the rural American South.
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C.
Look Homeward, Angel
Look Homeward, Angel is Thomas Wolfe’s acclaimed 1929 coming-of-age novel that follows the turbulent youth of Eugene Gant in a fictionalized North Carolina town.
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D.
Love Medicine
Love Medicine is a critically acclaimed novel by Louise Erdrich that interweaves the lives of several Ojibwe families on a North Dakota reservation, often cited as a landmark work of the Native American Renaissance.
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E.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter is a 1940 novel by Carson McCullers that portrays the emotional isolation and inner lives of misfit characters in a small Depression-era Southern town.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.